#60;b#62;Susan Clayton#60;/b#62; is a professor of social psychology at the College of Wooster. Her research aims to understand the ways in which people relate to nature, as well as to investigate broader issues of identity and justice. She is a past president of the Society for Population and Environmental Psychology.#60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Olin Eugene (Gene) Myers Jr.#60;/b#62; is Associate Professor at Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, where he offers courses in conservation psychology, human ecology, environmental ethics, and is extensively involved in undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental education. His research interests are… wide-ranging and include psychology and anthrozoology as applied to conservation.

#60;b#62;Susan Clayton#60;/b#62; is a professor of social psychology at the College of Wooster. Her research aims to understand the ways in which people relate to nature, as well as to investigate broader issues of identity and justice. She is a past president of the Society for Population and Environmental Psychology.#60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Olin Eugene (Gene) Myers Jr.#60;/b#62; is Associate Professor at Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, where he offers courses in conservation psychology, human ecology, environmental ethics, and is extensively involved in undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental education. His research interests are… wide-ranging and include psychology and anthrozoology as applied to conservation.

Acknowledgments

Introducting the field of conservation psychology

Conservation

Psychology

Human care for nature

The roots of conservation psychology

The potential of conservation psychology

The organization of this book

Conclusion

Thinking about nature

Attitudes, values, and perceptions

Core understandings of nature

Risk perception

Biases in information processing

Language and discourse

Who is responsible?

Linking perceptions to behavior

Conclusion

Moral psychology and the environment

Background in ethical concepts

A virtue ethics of the environment

The Deontic tradition and psychological research

Contextual differences in moral duties

Consequentialism, emotion, and socialization

Psychological dynamics of moral functioning

Pragmatist ethics

Conclusion

Environment and identity

The concept of identity

Identity development

Developing an affiliation with nature

Environmental identity

Measuring environmental identity

Place identity

Animals and identity

Environmental social identity

Identity and behavior

Putting identity to work

Conclusion

Theoretical foundations for the human response to nature

The heritage of environmental psychology

Ecological perception and psychology

Evolutionary psychology and biological thinking

Biophilia

Combining nature and nurture

Experiential approaches

Conclusion

Interactions with nature

Domestic nature: Cohabiting with animals and plants

Animals in the home

Plants in the domestic sphere

Conclusion

Managed nature: Zoos, aquariums, and public parks

Zoos and aquariums

Urban parks and green spaces

Conclusion

Wild nature: Encounters with wilderness

Defining wilderness and wild nature

Wilderness use and wilderness values

Wilderness solitude

Natural forces and features

The edge of control: Wilderness remoteness and challenge

Activity in wild nature, connection and caring

Wild nature and spiritual experience

Conclusion

Promoting conservation

Promoting sustainable behavior

Identifying target behaviors

Influences on behavior

Models for changing behavior

Collective behavior

Changing the ideology of consumerism

Conclusion

Community psychology and international biodiversity conservation

International biodiversity conservation

Common pool resources and models of governance

Psychology, culture, and local knowledge

Accounting for the costs and benefits of conservation

Conservation and all-too-human psychology

Conclusion

Environmental education

Environmental education

Examples of contemporary environmental education

Psychological foundations of environmental education

Lessons for effective practice

Conclusion

The psychology of hope

Human response to threatening circumstances

Optimism and pessimism

An alternative to a focus on outcomes: Creating meaning

Glossary

References

Index

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